Curtain-display apparatus.



, 'PATBNTED AUG. 25, 1903; MLJ. BBBB & 1;. G; BATON. CURTAIN DISPLAY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED nov. 28, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE J. BEBE, OF XENIA, AND EDWARD G; EATON, OF ATHENS, OHIO.

CURTAIN-DISPLAYQAPPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,318, dated Aug 'ust 25, 1903. Applioation filed NovemberZB, 1902. Serial No. 132,987. (No model.)

T at whom it may concerm' Be it known that we, MAURICE J. BEBE, a resident of Xenia, in the county of Greene, and EDWARD G. EATON, a resident of Athens,

in the county of Athens, State of Ohio, citi-.

proved support for the dust-curtains, which protect the display-curtains, and to provide a bearing for the upper end of the rod or shaft upon which the arms for supporting the displaying-curtains are journaled.

The details of construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts are as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a front elevation of our invention, one of the dust-curtains being drawn and one of the swinging arms for carrying display-curtains being thrown outward. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 ofFig. 1, showing a bottom plan view ofv the overhead board, which aids in protecting the display-curtains from dust and also supports the dust-curtains proper. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the support for the active members of the display-rack. 7

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 indicates a series of wire loops'arranged in horizontal position and constituting swinging arms from which display-curtains or other fabrics are to be hung. These arms 1 are suitably journaled upon a grooved rod or shaft 2 and are thus adapted to be swung horizontally. The said rod or shaft 2 is journaled in a bracket 3 and in a combined foot and brackete, (See also Fig. 3.) The brackets 3 and 4. are provided with horizontal base-pieces 5, which are secured by means of screws to avertical board or plate 6, which is in turn secured permanently to a fixed support-say a wall. The

side of the overhead board 7. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) It is apparent that since the combined bracket and f0ot4 and 4. constitutes a rigid attachment of the vertical support 6, it will also serve as a means for supporting the board 7 in horizontal position. The board 7 is oblong'and rounded at the corners, having thus close resemblance in both size and form to aboard mantel. Its rear edge rests in contact with the wall to which the vertical support 6 is secured. To-its under side we apply two curved rods 8, the same being approximately right angular in form. Their inner or adjacent ends lap past each other, as shown, and the dustcurtains 8 being suspended from the respective rods by means of rings it is obvious that that the said curtains may be easilyslid on the rods, so as to be opened as required to entirely display curtains or fabrics suspended from the swinging arms 1 or to permit such dust-curtains to be drawn past each other, so

as to inclose and protect the display-curtains.

'11, which'is pendent from the bracket 3,con-

stitute a means for supporting a curtain or fabric adapted to serve as a background against which lace curtains maybe displayed when dulysuspended from theswinging arms 1. As represented in Fig. 1, one of the-dustcurtains 8 is pushed back or drawn to its farthest limit, and one of'the pivoted arms 1 is shown thrown out to display a curtain suspended thereon and whose outline is indicated by dotted lines.

2 renew Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved apparatus for protecting and displaying curtains and other fabrics, the same comprising an overhead board arranged horizontally and provided with rods whose inner ends extend past each other, dust-curtains suspended from said rods and adapted to lap in the manner described, a vertical rod and arms pivoted thereon forsupporting display-curtains, said arms being adapted to fold beneath the overhead board, and a combined foot and bracket adapted to support the overhead board, and a lower bracket which, together with the upper bracket, constitutes bearings for the aforesaid vertical rod, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the overhead board serving as a dust-protector and provided with means for supporting dust-curtains, of a combined foot and bracket and a lower bracket, a vertical support to which said brackets are secured, a vertical rod held in said brackets, and display-curtain frames journaled on the said rod, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with an overhead support and rods secured thereto and adapted for support of dust-curtains, of the combined bracket and foot secured-to the overhead support and a wall, asecond bracket arranged below the first one, a vertical rod held in said brackets and swinging arms for display-curtains arranged substantially as shown and described.

MAURICE J. BEBE. EDWARD G. EATON.

Witnesses as to Maurice J. Bebb:

FRANK H. DEAN, I. K. WARNER.

lVitnesses as to Edward G. Eaton:

WV. E. PETERS, EARLE CLAYTON. 

